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faodlall seuon ended rather d'sastrously. bu' th team showed so wei' in its .e"rly games it coJld. not "Very successful." Shown above are t'1e lettermen and coaches. Re~dtng from. Le t to Rtght.
Reaqan, Carrington, Wood, Captain Peekr. Fravel. Bellamy. Schoew and Whttaker. Se~on~
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t b e f r e q u e n t a h l e n c e o f r e g u l a r s lr• the, ~P due to illness.
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Gridders Compile Unusual Record VERY SUCCESSFUL BUT DOWNHEARTED
AUGUSTA
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Until . . . Unpromising Material Produces I
Surprising Strength; Peeler .
Co-Captam of All-State
Last September even the most optimistic V. E. S. suprorters felt ~lownh earted a b o u t t h e B i s h o p s ' chances of a successful gridiron
campaign. Only six lettermen had returned from last year's mediocre team, and the remaining material was untried and green. October came and the team began to show possibilities-with a 34-0 victory over Miller School in the opener.
Then on the following Saturday, the Garnets, rated strictly as underdogs, played heads-up football all the way to gain a well-earned 10-0 win over Woodberry Forest. Two tough mili-
tary opponents, Augusta and Fish- burne, came up in the next couple • f week-ends and the Bishops hit their peak by taking them in stride,
19-0 and 12-0 respectively.
At this point the team had covered
itself with glory and appeared des- tined to become one of the greatest in the school's history. The Bishops were undefeated, untied, and un- scored-on, with three games to go.
The team had clicked as a unit and
each individual player continued to
improve each week.
As the annual classic with Episco-
pal High approache~ victory .spirit
reached an all-time h1gh. But 1t was
VICTORS PLAY HEADS-UP BALL FOR EASY VICTORY
Peeler Holds Home Team \Yell In Check and Gets Thr·ee H1ts;
D h' 11 T · 1 T · as1e r1pes w1ce
FoRT DEFIANCE, May 7.- Getting their first victory of the season in prep competition the V . E. S. nine trounced A. M. A., 6-1, here today.
The Bishops kept well ahead the whole game in spite of a horseshoe possessed by A. M. A. and a very strange field. John Dashiell was the star of the day, getting two triples,
and making a beautiful catch in the ninth.
In the second, Reagan, after pounding out a triple, scored on AI Whitaker's single for the Bishops'
first tally. Gaining momentum, V. E. S. added a run in the third, two
in the fifth, and two in the sixth. Staples batted in Augusta's lone tally in the sixth.
Peeler, mound performer for V. E. S. the whole game, had the best day at bat for the Bishops, getting
a walk and three hits with four of- ficial times at bat. Livik, pitcher for the losers, proved easy meat for the Bishop batters after they caught on to his curve ball.
All in all the Bishops played tip-
top ball, showing vast improvement
top ball, showing vast improvement.
V.E.S.- ABRH0 A.E Griffin ss. .................... 5 I 2 2 1 0 Peeler:p. .......... . 4 I 3 0 1 0 Reagan, rf. .. ............... 4 1 2 0 0 0
edl.ctable Basketeers 0 nly Average
~ ---------------------------- playing Episcopal, the hand. of. f~te Andr~ws cf. ................ 4 1 1 1 0 0
Walker, Clarke, Dashie:J, Camb'o ;. Thomson. and Edmunds. To;> ~ow-Holhday,
; Mr. Costolo, head coach; Mr.Dond. backfield coach: Mr. Pomdexter, asststant ba_k-
0... WooAesry Ibe very difficult to round the team Charley Schoew, who is returning dealt the home team one dectdmg
into better shape for its conference for another year, is also a three- and fatal blow. Trailing 7-3 mid-
Dashiell ' If .................. 4 1 2 3 0 0
•. 0220 Clark 2b .... ..... .. ........ 2 0
Of Season; ... S .. Sb•
Hedd~rly; - - - - - -
foes.
During the season, t~e Bishops
won six games an~ lost etght. ~ther visitors, not prevtously menttoned,
IIIMIIIIII team was hardly more included Fishburne Military, A she- du I+Uile in the won-and-lost vt'lle ( N. C.) School for Boys, Bed-
I but the h d 1 Ob
ID'M, IC e u e was pr - ford High, and South Boston. The
ably ODe of the hardest a V. E. S. Bishops lost to Virginia Freshm~~· qaiDt ever faced. Prospects were Fork Union Military, Augusta Mth- bJi cht a t t h e o p e n i n g o f t h e s e a s o n , t a r y , H a r g r a v e M i l i t a r y , a n d H a m p - IIIII tbe team played well, despite den-Sydney Freshmen.
way the final quarter, the boys from Alexandria connected on a freak
forward pass that bounced off the A. M. .
Grand 2b. . ............... ... 5 0 0
of an Episcopal back who s~rin~ed Workma~ ss. .......... ... 5 0 3 3 3 0 47 yards for the game wmmng Freivas, rf. ... ............... 5 0 0 1 0 g
Th It trul a Livik, p. ........................ 4 1 2 0 0 touchdown . e resu was Y Hancock cf. ......... ...... 2 0 0 2 0 g
' oew me - -
A- ABRH0 AE
40 The Ncord of the school's 19
6 2 u back of a lineman and into the hands Good~an 1b. . .. ... .... 5 0 2 7 2 0
T h e b a s k e t b a l l t e a m w a s l e d b y the following lettermen:
l'hebich1iclit of the. season ~as
tbeHe, yet heartbreakmg, showmg h b one of the mainstays of the
liCe. The B1ahops ~pened pl~y.m h d his best season this year ; he ts the Coafere:nce w1th a thrtllmg a. to enroJI at V. p. I. next
28.21'fictoryover Woodberry For- gomg
Ill here: A wee~ later the Gar~et ter~-Captain Sim Andrews has
aadWhitetam JOUrneyed to Ep~s- d AJI-State for three yea~s.and ~ H'JCh and staged a "hatr- ma eas runner-up in the indiVIdual fi!MC," but bally wound up on the he ~ e He has high hopes of
!bartfllld of a 26-23 score. In a re- scor.mg ~actl~e University of North
~lime with Woodberry, Coach gettt~fj m but if this plan faJls
~·proteges removed aJI doubt ~aro1~hewill probably enter Duke ,... tbey could lick the Foresters t rVo~g . .
011 a!Iii floor by dishing out a se- 0;~r~l..r.._:g_m_'_a_.-----::-::-:-::::~=-~
i t s s u p p o r t e r s . . T h u s ~ 1 e s e a s o n C a b a n i s ' s , 3 b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0 1 3 2 1 passed on into htstory wtth a score~ - - - - - -
vert 24-5 trouncing to the home llalb. In the meantime St. Chris-
BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
lopiWI had defeated' E piscopal, 32.27. __.... W db h b
13-V E s 41· Bedford, 31. Jan. 17 v· E. s·· 35'. South Bos-
S!.
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,.uu oo erry ad eaten t"l...:....__Ler's, 23-19. So the
:-....upn
revealed •hat a Bishop ~
tile State championship to V .
Jan. - . . , •
ton, 15 d
r. ""--B'h fi
...._nc 1 opattackclicked ne Jan.27- . · ·• '
•..h half at St. Christopher's """---~· d
ry, ~- S 19. Virginia Feb.2-V.·O·• '
Frosh, 3 . 23. E. H. S., 26. Feb. 3-V.E.S., • 30. Fish-
~lsion. Butthesecon
LL.. a different story. The Feb. 7-V. E. S., •
.._ -.e back strong to tie the leuthan a minute to play,
forged ahead on a follow- towin,25-23. Itwasevi-
Bilhop. lacked champion- but thl·s fine showing
1lett made by a V. E. S. tileStatePrep race in a
burne, 19·24 . Woodber- Feb. IO-V. E. s., '
5
Feb. I4--V.' £. S., 31; Fish-
I
b bly due , was pro a
of the schedule, was arranged to
Feb zs-v. E. · . · School, 29.
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termen· e H d Coach Bond, Dtllon, Ma one, ee, •
Co-Captain Bill Stalnaker, who
pher's, 38.
Totals .................. 40 1 11 27 9 2
•n zo-V. E. S., 26; HamP en- J~ h 45
· SydneyFros, ·H
S 24. ar-
Jan. 23-V. E. ·• ' grave, 28.
d'-
VES·28·Woo,er-
burne,39. Feb.17-V. . E. 2s., '
UnJOn, 1. Feb.21-V.E.S.,43;·AS~usChris:
. . . ednonetoowellmwmmngonly:tght
of fourteen games but the Bishops came mighty close h lost Shownabovearethecoachesandlet-
Feb. 24--V. E.!'·· 23, · tophersS2531. Asheville
Coac~ Bond's te~~;a;rep title; and often looked gof~~~~t~!s,ta;d St~lnaker (co-captains), Edmunds, Gooch. towmn_mltrteto Right, Front Row-Schohew, P;ef'stone AssistantCoachArmstrong.
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(Continued on Page 8.) FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Oct. 6-V . E. S., 34; Miller School, 0.
Oct. 21-V. E. S., 10; Woodberry Oct. 28-~ore~~·OS., 19; A. M.
A., 0. N o v . 4 - V . E .
2b. ....... 2 0 0 0 2 1 Totals ................... 35 6 12 2:1 8 2
S . ,
Nov.11-V. E. S., 7; E. H. S., 10.
R a s h e k : I f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0 0 ~ Bowman If. ................ 1 0 1
1 2 ;
N o v . 1 8 - V . E . S . , 0 ; R . - M . ~-· 0 .
econd Row-- ea S
F i s h -
0
too good to be true- a •
turn~ng Whitaker, lb. ...... ..... 5 0 2 10 0 0
point was to come. After fightmg Mahone, 3b. .............. . 3 0 0 0 2 1 their hearts out and clearly out- Stone c. ...................... 2 1 0 9 0 0
heartbreaker- not only proving t~at Staples 'cf. .................. 1 0 1 0 0
the Episcopal football jinx contml
u e d t o e x i s t , b u t i t s t r u c k a f a t a
blow to the morale of the team and I
Plecke~ c f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 0 1 0
0 0
burne, 0.
Nov. 25_ v. E. s., o; St. Chnsto-
(Continued on Page 8.)
COACH BOND'S UNPREDICTABLE SCRAPPERS
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g Hodges 'c. ................ ... 4 0 0 4 0